64th. RaYzor C.
1,332.5 Points | 0 Win (0%) | 15 Feature Races [2015 Last Active Update]
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DRIVER PROFILE FOR RAYZOR [LAST NAME WITHHELD] (1998-2015) |
RaYzor posing with the Galletta’s #2 at the 8/23/2009 All-Galletta Race (but why was he there?)!
Name:
Raymond “RaYzor” Castaldo
Castaldo
Year Started Racing at Galletta’s:
1998 (…if you can even call that performance racing.)
Karts Raced:
Raced several Galletta’s Greenhouse karts over the years.
RaYzor posing with the then-brand-new Galletta’s #1 before the 1999 Galletta’s Klassic!
Career Highlights
- Posing for pictures.
- Not getting hurt.
- Kicking Ogre
- Race commentary
Not getting hurt and kicking Ogre during a late 1990s Galletta’s Klassic.
Ray, again, looking womanly… but he will tell you about all the wicked hot chicks he scored with looking like that! He won’t however, tell you about the guys who thought he was a chick until he turned around tho….
FUN FACTS
- One of Chris‘ oldest and best friends, as they met through mutual friends in high school. Ray’s one of — if not THE — biggest fans of Chris’ Chrusher Comix, whom he inspired a character in and often co-wrote/co-drew some comics for as well.
- Ray is a computer specialist and was a part-time member to a few local bands on the side when he has the time.
- Ray’s karting career is sporadic at best, despite his best bud relationship with Chris. He occasionally races, but is far to impatient to keep at it, often quitting mid-race — usually after getting lapped.
- Ray is the reason why the karts have protective cages on the back of each, after he wrecked with Wes Stevens and tore the gas tank of of the engine during a race in the 1990s.
- In general, he does not like any sports (often using the moniker “City Name Sports Team” in mockery), motorsports included, so he rarely races. But even if he liked racing, moving out of (as he would call it) “Communist New York” for a far better pay and way less taxes doing basically the same exact job also removed him from competition as well. But at least he can afford a very nice large house and really sweet car there doing the same work, so we can’t say we blame him. (In fact, we don’t mean to get political on a sports page but man, have lost so many relatives and friends who used to race with us but went to greener pastures due to New York’s highly left-leaning policies. That’s conclusive and empirical, NOT speculative and theoretical).
- Ray believes that karting doesn’t show true racing skills and that he often challenges us or anyone who beats him in a go-kart to climb behind a regular car and beat him in his 2019 Chevy Camaro, claiming because he is adept a real car with stick shift and on pavement. When pointing out that racing is best decided on closed circuit race surfaces with relatively equal equipment (therefore he’d have to put two or more 2019 Chevy Camaros of relatively equal specs on the same track and then have a race), he then mumbles something about how badly liberals suck and how he plots to build a Death Star and rule the planet as he sees fit and asks if you would join him.
- He’s also one of the few people who got the usually stoic and calm Matt to lose his temper once in the early-1990s with his sense of humor gone awry. The relatively peaceful Matt attacked him with a screwdriver, which Ray defended with a pillow. A then impaled pillow. Careful not to upset Matt on the track!
- Ray is extremely paranoid about himself online, and often uses aliases and/or avoids Social Media completely. If you know him and see this profile, it’s best that you don’t tell him about it. Or do tell him and laugh that his buddy put his real name online. I did and he got pretty damn grumpy (but that’s funny!). So *DO NOT USE HIS REAL NAME*!
Race Video Posts Tagged Raymond “RaYzor” Castaldo
The 1990s Seasons – 1996-1997 Recaps
THE 1990s at GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING SPEEDWAY: The beginnings of the modern-day Galletta’s Go-Kart track – The mid-1990s: Matt got his original #3 Go-Kart in 1990. It was a used neon-green Manco yard kart. Oddly, one of Chris’…
1998 Season & 3rd Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 80
1998 Season & 3rd Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic: Left: Chris “Chrusher” Stevens (#2), Matt (#3) and Wes (#4) prepare the karts for the 1998 80-lap Klassic. Back when we only had 3 karts! Right: Before the race, Chrusher, in the…
![1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80 [+Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/11/1999-gallettas-klassic-spla-600x600.jpg)
1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80 [+Video]
1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80: Chris finally beat Matt’s streak and won the Klassic and Points Titles this year, in the #2. Matt, of course, was 2nd while Wes was 3rd. Brian Galletta, RaYzor…
2000 Season Recap & 5th Annual Klassic 80-Lap Oswego Dirt Karting Championship
THE 2000 GALLETTA’S 5HP BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON Snapshots from the 2000 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic: The 2000 year was one that saw Chris, Matt, and Wes Stevens run a staggering 33 events between the 4th of July and…
![2004 Season & 9th Annual Klassic 100-Lapper [+YouTube]!](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/2004kartklassic-600x563.jpg)
2004 Season & 9th Annual Klassic 100-Lapper [+YouTube]!
THE 2004 GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON The 9th Annual Galletta’s Go-Karts Klassic 100 from 2004 DVD: This disc contains the Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic Championship 100 from September 26th, 2004! Includes bonus coverage from other races in 2004 and/or…
6/7/2009 – The 14th Annual Season Opener, 45-Laps/10-Karts won by Matt Stevens (+YouTube)
Galletta’s Kart Club – 2009 Season Opener: Sunday, June 7th, 2009 in Oswego, NY YouTube Video to our weekly DVD Highlights The Galletta’s Kart Club 2009 Volume #1 DVD:Two camera angles of the races held on June 7th, 2009. Ten…
8/23/2009 – Galletta ’09 Family Reunion 15-Kart Races Won by Brian Galletta & Matt Stevens (+YouTube)
Galletta’s Karting Club – 2009 Season, Week 11: The Gas Flathead Championship Series of The Planet continued on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at John J. Galletta Memorial Backyard Speedway: A special evening of racing was ahead for August 23rd, 2009,…
10/8/2011 – 16th Annual 200-Lap Galletta’s Karting Klassic +YouTube
THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200! Posted on October 9th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 – Saturday, October 8th, 2011: SATURDAY,OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps. But yours truly – webmaster Chris Stevens – broke a…
2011 Season Recap: The 16th Annual Points Championship of Oswego Karting & 200 Lap Klassic Race!
2011 Gas Flathead Karting World Championship Tallied between June 5th, 2011 through October 8th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our season thus far at Galletta’s has been action-packed, competitive, clean, and fun. Instead of blowing a few grand to be herded on…
8/10 – 8/11/2013 – Justin Galletta, Chris Stevens & Kevin Galletta won the “Triple 30 Lappers for Tim Galletta” weekend +YouTube
8/10 – 8/11/2013 – Justin Galletta, Chris Stevens & Kevin Galletta won the “Triple 30 Lappers for Tim Galletta” weekend SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 10th-11th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – Tim Galletta – cousin to founders Matt and Chris Stevens and also another grandson…
2013 Season: 1-WD Gas Flathead Karting National Championship Invitational – In our 18th Season at Galletta’s!
10/13/2013 – 2013 GAS FLATHEAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / GALLETTA’S GREENHOUSE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY CHRIS STEVENS, DECLARES HIMSELF BEST KARTER ON OSWEGO, NY! With a season-high 6 feature victories, an overwhelming amount of top-3 bonus points all year long, and 193 out…
9/27/2014 – Chris Stevens wins the “Welcome Back Karters!” 40 in the Chrusher.Com/Galletta’s/R&C Sushi #4 +YouTube
[Left] Lilybeth Stevens, and [Right] her Uncle Chris, who won the final regular season race of 2014 later that night. But first, we had a few weeks of problems with driver attendance… 9/6 – 9/20/2014 – Races Planned… but no drivers…
![6/7/2015 – 20th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Season Season Opener won by Chris Stevens in #8! [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-06-07-08-40pm-chris-wins-opener-19020-600x576.jpg)
6/7/2015 – 20th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Season Season Opener won by Chris Stevens in #8! [+YouTube]
6/7/2015 – 20th Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Season Season Opener won by Chris Stevens! SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – Our 20th Season of Points Racing at Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway has arrived! An 8-lap rookie race at 7pm was followed immediately by a…
![6/19/2015 – Twin-35’s swept by R&C Sushi Bar Crew – Eric Woolworth & Chris Stevens! [+YouTube Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/20150619-karting-winners-R-600x575.jpg)
6/19/2015 – Twin-35’s swept by R&C Sushi Bar Crew – Eric Woolworth & Chris Stevens! [+YouTube Video]
6/19/2015 – Twin-35’s swept by R&C Sushi Bar Crew – Eric Woolworth & Chris Stevens! FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – After the Sunday, June 14th, 2015 race was rained out (due to a track that didn’t dry all week…
7/19/2015 – Matt Stevens’ Mastery of the Low Groove Secures 139th career feature win! +YouTube
7/19/2015 – Matt Stevens’ Mastery of the Low Groove Secures 139th career feature win! SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – With rain on Friday and not enough drivers on Saturday, we postponed the feature to a hot and sunny…
![7/26/2015 – 20th Annual HarborFAST Championship won by Chris Stevens! [+YouTube Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150726-harborfest-karting-champ-chris-stevens-1080-600x576.jpg)
7/26/2015 – 20th Annual HarborFAST Championship won by Chris Stevens! [+YouTube Video]
SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – For twenty of the event’s twenty-eight years, the undisputed champion of Oswego’s Harborfest has been decided at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway – usually the Sunday night when Harborfest dies a slow death and the city’s streets…
![9/26/2015 – 20th Annual 200-Lap Karting Klassic: Kyle Reuter, Chris & Matt Stevens DUEL! [+FULL YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20150926_23_15_32_20th-Annual-Klassic-200-Finish.jpg)
9/26/2015 – 20th Annual 200-Lap Karting Klassic: Kyle Reuter, Chris & Matt Stevens DUEL! [+FULL YouTube]
9/26/2015 – The 20th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic Championship 200! Saturday, September 26th, 2015 was the date for our 20th Annual Klassic 200. The race decides both the Track Championship and the Klassic 200 Champion in one fell swoop, as…
